Selected highlights: He taught himself how to fight instead of going to school, tramped penniless through Korea when he was twelve (!), lived in Hawai'i for a while, came back and worked as a translator, and then decided to go around the world on a bicycle. He departed in 1901 and spent a year and a half riding through China, SE Asia, India, the Middle East, Europe, and America. He kept the (literal) wolves at bay with handmade explosives and fought off panthers with his bare hands. Then he came back to Japan and went into business as some kind of spiritualist.

He does not seem to have worn a helmet, though, which was just irresponsible.

(P.S. "kiti" is just a different romanization of "kichi". Probably no relation to Hello Kitty.)posted by No-sword at 7:41 AM on June 3, 2007 [1 favorite]

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